The Wright County Courthouse in Clarion, where supervisors canvassed the Nov. 3 election. Photo: Ann Sullivan-Larson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Wright County supervisors canvassed the Nov. 3 general election on Tuesday, Nov. 10, and the local results that radio stations reported the day after the election were the ones the board had in front of it: Rick Rasmussen held onto the District 1 seat, and Betty Ellis won District 5.
Mix 107.3 KIOW reported on Nov. 4 that Rasmussen, the incumbent, won District 1 and that Ellis won District 5. The same report listed Peggy Schluttenhofer as county treasurer, Eric Russell as recorder and Eric Simonson as county attorney. In the township races KIOW listed, Alvin Bailey was elected Iowa Township trustee, Aimee Frohling township clerk, and Brittany Howieson Wall Lake Township trustee.
On the legislative side, Beau Klaver won Iowa House District 55 and Mark Thompson won District 56, KIOW reported. Klaver, a 23-year-old from a Wright County farm, had already been the subject of a profile in this newsroom as he headed to the House.
The canvass is the official county review of the tally, not a second election. The Nov. 10 agenda was short: convene, canvass the Nov. 3 vote, and consider Resolution 2026-33 certifying those results. KQ Radio noted the canvass would be at 9 a.m. in the courthouse, with the meeting streamed on the county’s Zoom and YouTube pages.
Statewide races, including the governor’s contest, were still unofficial in the state’s posted file later in the week, but the county’s job Tuesday was the local certification. Official results for the whole state are posted by the Iowa secretary of state after the state canvass.
Wes Bahl writes for Clarion News Online.